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RéaolutIons of eooedol.uo.. carda of thanks. obitu- uA. uý ote ot *ntertainmu.pts or other affa ire Wbr an a"uIttance charg ln publl*hed. willi be Oatdat recular advrtialng ratea., IGrade eparation Will Save Lfe Lée's asten the Day! In the report of its Board, of Directors, for the year 1930 the American Telephone and Telegrapb company, otherwise known as: the- A Geat Bell System, publisbed a A Gre.at num ber of items of. more G'omiesy than passing interest. A sum- wot stdyn.mary of these items is well *In the world there are- over 35 million tele- phones. Almost 60% of these are in the United States. 91%7, of ail the telephones in the world can be reacbed f rom any Bell- telephone. The :total assets of the, company on the last day of 1930 were over five, billiondollars., The net earnings in 1930 were over $6, in 1930 the company spent more than 15 million dollars for development and researcli- es for future improvements. The nunmber of stockholders on December. 31, 1930, was over 567,000. 100,000 of these were Bell System eimployees. The recent depression did not disturb. the f undatnental objectives of 'the company. It bas continued to improve and extend its service. It did flot reduce wage rates. It re-. duced long distance. rates, securing a sav-_ ing to users of about five, Million, doliars- annually.. In .changing f rom mantial to dial loperation it laid off practicalIy no employees. The Bell System ýpays sickness, accident, and deMtýjenefits, and pensions. The cmi- pIoyès'do flot contribute toths payments, opportuflity idi education and employ-. Any person who thinks the beggar's îp the mnost fitting sysnbol of the blind .ailedý to understafld the truth of the ion. me ita establishmnent, the Hadley Cor- your help can more efteci selves, you will want toc support of this remarkable bliind a real opportunity ! We believe that 'Most musical critics, will agree that .the' London String Quartette is today the f oremost of the world's string T/t Lodon quartets. Other quar- :,T-he ondois tets may have, achieved. Srtring Quart et greater techrucal, skill, though this is doubt- fui; others my play with more discriminating f eeling, again, doubt ful1; but the f our. f rom London. possess to the greatest.degree the. ,,ualities that. combine to - make excellence in. this particu lar field of 'instrumental music. Each, member of the group is not only .an able ensemble.artist but also a solo artist of the. first order. While it must be1 admitted that this skill as an. -individual player is ýa remark.able trait, stili no one woufd be so thoughtless as to say that the possession of this skill would make the player a good mcm- ber. of an ensemble. It is thcref ore surprising that, most capable critics say of the London ,Quartt that they "play as. if they. were members of one family." North 'Shore music loyers will be eager to hear the London Quartet in its recital at Kenilworth Assemibly hall Sunday afternoon,J March 15, at 3:30. Merritt Lumi, until' reccntly of Winnet- ka, is publisher of an attractive and use- fuI, magazine called 'Popular Homecraft, which appears every two Pobulir montiis. Read the March- Ho eft April number, and o Ill learn how to bind your o wn books, how to refinish yoùr floors, how to make all kinds, of bird-houses, whatto. do when you blow a fuse, how to figure lumber for, a job, in short, how to do a goodly number of the thousand' and one things that every tbrifty and handy home- owner wants to do. Our local shop-keepers with their low priçes and special sales. may well take to themselves a considérable degree of credii f or the returning. tide .of confidence. Bargains meani buying, 'and buying means better. busi- rest cryi leaf of Native Say$ Vaor, "See, .theysPring for me, Those leaf y geins of miorningi"7- soys Love, "No,- -a, for me they grow, My fragrant path. adornîng.» But-Wit Perceives the triple leaves, An:.'cries, "O h! do not sever A typethat blond$ three god-likefriends, Love, Va'orWit, foreveri". 0h.! Céiosen leaf of sire and chiefi, D(ar Erin's Native Shamrock. Sb firmly fond, muay, ksst the bond They wove that morn together, Ani ne'cr »tay fait one drop of -a1 On Wit's celesial feather! Mlay Love.os twpiie His flowers>,divine 0f thorny fa!sehioods wveed 'eim! May.Valor ne'er a standard rear Against the cause of Freedoml Oh!1 Chôoen' leaf of sire and chie f, Drar Eriu's Native Shamrock. * --Breda M. O'Shea, Winn etka, 111. MUSINGS 0F OUR NIGHT EDITOR Now that the f oregoing poem bas helped to pre- pace us for St. Patrick's Day, let us now considtr à "isassy" letter that may throw sonie light on -night. life: ýNight Ecitor.: Why do you always- ref er to yourseif as we lI bet, the capital "P' on your typewriter is worn so thin that you're af raidto bit that key any more. -The Idier. ANSWIER TO NIGHV EPISTLE:.,Be rea- sonable, please. We employ the editorial . "we". in order to keep ourselves company these dark. nightà. The. superstitious are quakingi this week, for there's a Friday the .tbirteentb. We Can! hardly blame 'em, f or' es ,wbo scoffed at, the ground- bog's shadow svrlweeks .ago,. art proba bly sporting la me baçks as a resuit of overexertion'in sniow sboveling. anaU moignUI g t rstaurntsLU i jaUi4UayL > tGiteL., Sfl students do-or -ised to, anyway-wben orderii coffee, ask for "a cup of the Wabash." Tbey mu bave seen the river 'in the daytime. Parting Sblot: Corne oh n iithe water's flue 'j '1